News Exclusive ‘Falling through the cracks’: thousands of apprenticeships going unregulated The government has been left red-faced after FE Week found thousands of apprentices with no organisation responsible for checking… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE: College pension contributions to rise by an extra £142m per year The government has confirmed colleges will be expected to pay an extra £142 million a year in employer contributions… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News ESFA WON’T ban new apprenticeship providers with poor AEB provision found in monitoring visits The government will not ban new apprenticeship providers from recruiting adult learners if they’re making ‘insufficient progress’ in that… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE plans National Colleges evaluation to avoid repeating mistakes with Institutes of Technology The government is going to evaluate its troubled National Colleges policy to identify what has gone wrong with the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive College defends appointment of principal who jumped ship before financial failings exposed A principal who jumped ship before the financial failings of his former college were uncovered has the backing of… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News DfE reopens £15m strategic college improvement fund before finalising first round Colleges are being invited to bid for cash in a new round of the strategic college improvement fund –… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Broker offered 3aaa staff £200 for apprentice referrals – but admits it was a ‘bad idea’ A broker has admitted it was a “bad idea” to offer cash to former staff of Aspire Achieve Advance… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News UCU raise concerns over appointment of principal who jumped ship before financial failings uncovered The University and College Union is demanding answers from City College Plymouth about its appointment of Garry Phillips as… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News IfA undecided on Dame Asha board replacement The Institute for Apprenticeships still doesn’t know when – or if – it will fill the place left vacant… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofqual launches consultation on regulating fully-funded digital skills training Ofqual has launched a consultation into how best to regulate the government’s new digital skills qualifications, which will be… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Ofsted watch: A trio of ‘inadequate’ providers It’s been a bad week for the FE and skills sector, with a trio of reports returning ‘inadequate’ grades… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Employers start to leave reviews on ESFA’s new Trip Advisor-style feature The government has launched its Trip Advisor-style review tool to let employers rate apprenticeship providers, and Ofsted intends to use… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Newer 1 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 815 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill 2w Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
